museums and institutions:
Attributed works:
1. Parade saddle with holster covers and caparison from Louis XIV’s
state gift, here with a pair of flintlock pistols (also shown in Fig.6).
French. 1715. Crimson silk velvet with relief embroidery and fringes of
gilt thread and cannetilles, gilt mounts, substructure of wood, linen,
padding and leather (pistol holsters lined in crimson velvet were added
between 1785 and 1821 as replacements for Russian leather originals),
60 by 68 by 55 cm. (saddle), 98 by 133 cm. (caparison, fringes of 10–11
cm. not included), length 45 cm. each
Attributed works:
12. Designs for firearms ornaments, by De Lacollombe after
François Laurent (called Languedoc). c.1705. Engraving, 18 by 27 cm.
(Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
13. Designs for firearms ornaments, by De Lacollombe after
François Laurent (called Languedoc). c.1705. Engraving, 17 by 25 cm.
(Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
14. Flintlock gun, by François Laurent (called Languedoc). c.1695. Barrel:
partially gilt and gold-damascened steel; lock and mounts: steel; stock:
walnut inlaid with silver thread, 158.7 cm. (total length), 3079 g. (weight).
(Rüstkammer, Dresden, inv. no.G 735; photograph Jürgen Karpinski).
Attributed works:
15. Pair of flintlock pistols, by Jean-François Laurent (called
Languedoc). 1717. Barrels: blued and gold-damascened steel;
locks: steel; mounts: partially gilt iron; stocks: walnut, 53.4 cm.
(total length), 1143/1134 g. (weight). (Rüstkammer, Dresden, inv.
nos.J 598 and J 663; photograph Jürgen Lösel).
Attributed works:
16. Detail of Fig.15, showing the barrel of one of the pistols.
Attributed works:
2. Parade saddle with holster covers from Louis XIV’s state gift. French.
1715. Yellow silk velvet with relief embroidery and fringes of silver thread
and cannetilles, silver mounts, substructure of wood, linen, padding and
leather (pistol holsters are modern replacements for Russian leather
originals), 58 by 61.5 by 47 cm. (saddle), length 45 cm. each (holster
covers). (Rüstkammer, Dresden; photograph Jürgen Lösel).
Attributed works:
3. Detail of Fig.1, showing the embroidery on the caparison
by Nicolas Vincent du Trou. (Photograph Jürgen Lösel).
Attributed works:
4. Detail of Fig.2, showing the embroidery on the saddle
by Nicolas Vincent du Trou. (Photograph Jürgen Lösel).
Attributed works:
5. Detail of Fig.1, showing the ribbon on the caparison.
(Photograph Jürgen Lösel).
Attributed works:
6. Pair of flintlock pistols, by Bertrand Piraube. c.1690. Barrels, locks
and mounts: partially gilt and gold-damascened steel; stocks: walnut
inlaid with silver thread and engraved silver sheet, 52.7 / 52.6 cm. (total
length), 1213 / 1204 g. (weight). (Rüstkammer, Dresden, inv. nos.J 1419
and J 1420; photograph Jürgen Lösel).
Attributed works:
7. Pair of flintlock pistols, by François Laurent (called Languedoc). c.1695–
1700. Barrels, locks and mounts: partially gilt and gold-damascened steel;
thumbplates: partially gilt silver; stocks: walnut inlaid with silver thread,
50.7 cm. (total length), 1080 / 1075 g. (weight) (Rüstkammer, Dresden,
inv. nos.J 644 and J 645; photograph Jürgen Karpinski).
Attributed works:
8–11. Details of Fig.7. (Photographs of Figs.8 and 10 Jürgen Karpinski;
photographs of Figs.9 and 11 Jürgen Lösel).
